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Discover LudwigThe phrase "nailing down" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It is often used to mean to firmly secure or settle something. For example, "We are working to nail down the details of the agreement."
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nailing down
verb
Present participle of nail down
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The price for nailing down the six actors?
And he's so good at nailing down who does everything best".
Besides nailing down any wavering Objectivists, that should wrap up the cryptic crossword vote.
For one thing, he is still having difficulty nailing down groups who tend to vote Democratic.
He stopped with acrobatic dexterity at the edge and casually began nailing down shingles.
They seem to have difficulty nailing down the movements to her satisfaction.
Transmedia is tricky, the senior Storyscapes programmer Ingrid Kopp said, because defining it is like nailing down Jell-O.
For Cheryl Wu, a 34-year-old Manhattan pediatrician, nailing down details on a Google calendar makes all the difference.
They get cash bonuses for nailing down a villain, someone to edit into the "mean girl" slot.
But Mini-Me also seems lost, because he isn't consumed enough with nailing down and planning his presidency.
But far from nailing down a hard-and-fast message, the piece stays oblique, suggestive, open-ended.
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